Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
Autor Diana Prestonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 ian 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781632866103
ISBN-10: 1632866102
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 1 x 16 page colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1632866102
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 1 x 16 page colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Meticulous
research:Diana
Preston
has
written
a
thorough
and
definitive
account
of
the
founding
of
the
colonies,
exploration
of
Tahiti
and
Australia,
and
the
open
sea
adventures
themselves.
Notă biografică
Diana
Prestonis
an
acclaimed
historian
and
author
of
the
definitiveLusitania:
An
Epic
Tragedy,Before
the
Fallout:
From
Marie
Curie
to
Hiroshima(winner
of
the
Los
Angeles
Times
Book
Prize
for
History),The
Boxer
Rebellion,
andThe
Dark
Defile:
Britain's
Catastrophic
Invasion
of
Afghanistan,
1838-1842,
among
other
works
of
narrative
history.
She
and
her
husband,
Michael,
live
in
London.
Recenzii
Grounded
in
a
familiar
assortment
of
printed
manuscripts
and
secondary
sources,
the
book
is
comprehensive
in
scope,
cogently
written
and
amply
detailed
.
.
.
The
chief
contribution
of
'Paradise
in
Chains'
lies
in
the
contrast
it
offers
in
the
relations
between
natives
and
newcomers.
Ultimately, this is a book about survival, and the author engagingly recounts the nearly impossible task of trying to establish a penal colony with few supplies and poor agricultural conditions. Preston shines in her description of the true nature of Capt. Bligh . . . A wonderful look into the beginnings of Australia and the remarkable strength of the survivors of these dangerous voyages.
Tracking the paths of the infamous Bounty and of Mary Bryant, a convict transported to the New South Wales penal colony who later escaped, Preston colorfully evokes the claustrophobia and isolation faced by seafarers . . . Preston's heart is with the oceanic adventurers, and readers will be titillated by tales of derring-do.
Preston delivers an eminently engaging account of Britain's discovering voyages to the South Pacific.
The history lover will find much in this book. This story is an adventure on a grand scale, directed by powerful institutions but told in the actions of colorful characters.
History at its best: lively, vivid and thorough. Author Diana Preston delivers that rare combination of incredible research with clear writing to produce a book that holds your attention and makes you want to keep reading well into the night.
Preston deftly and graphically weaves the complex stories--hitherto kept distinct--of these land, sea and air innovations into a connected narrative. For the first time, readers can grasp the mounting cognitive assault on civilians, soldiers and politicians of the curious clustering of events that spring.
[A] gripping and excellent book . . . Preston, whose previous books include a history of the sinking of the Lusitania, tells this grim story well. Her extensive archival research fills in the historical chronology with well-selected quotations from personal accounts of participants at every level of civilian and military life and of government.
Ultimately, this is a book about survival, and the author engagingly recounts the nearly impossible task of trying to establish a penal colony with few supplies and poor agricultural conditions. Preston shines in her description of the true nature of Capt. Bligh . . . A wonderful look into the beginnings of Australia and the remarkable strength of the survivors of these dangerous voyages.
Tracking the paths of the infamous Bounty and of Mary Bryant, a convict transported to the New South Wales penal colony who later escaped, Preston colorfully evokes the claustrophobia and isolation faced by seafarers . . . Preston's heart is with the oceanic adventurers, and readers will be titillated by tales of derring-do.
Preston delivers an eminently engaging account of Britain's discovering voyages to the South Pacific.
The history lover will find much in this book. This story is an adventure on a grand scale, directed by powerful institutions but told in the actions of colorful characters.
History at its best: lively, vivid and thorough. Author Diana Preston delivers that rare combination of incredible research with clear writing to produce a book that holds your attention and makes you want to keep reading well into the night.
Preston deftly and graphically weaves the complex stories--hitherto kept distinct--of these land, sea and air innovations into a connected narrative. For the first time, readers can grasp the mounting cognitive assault on civilians, soldiers and politicians of the curious clustering of events that spring.
[A] gripping and excellent book . . . Preston, whose previous books include a history of the sinking of the Lusitania, tells this grim story well. Her extensive archival research fills in the historical chronology with well-selected quotations from personal accounts of participants at every level of civilian and military life and of government.